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Still alive. Still looking. I have discovered one benefit of visiting so many apartment complexes is that the sales agents there seem to believe that plates of chocolate chip cookies will greatly increase their chances of securing a lease. While I do appreciate the homey touch, plus the constant source…

Going apartment hunting all day. There are some things in life that never fall into the “fun” category, such as root canals, being bitten by a rabid dog and apartment/house hunting. Sure, there’s the chance of finding the perfect place for the perfect price with all the amenities you want,…

I decided to check back in with the Clarity of Night short fiction contest that went on last week and was surprised to find Jason had awarded my entry with first place. http://clarityofnight.blogspot.com/2008/03/winners-announcement-whispers-short.html 1st Place–JOSH VOGT, They Call Him… (#15)[Prize: $25 Amazon gift certificate, 8 x 10 print of the…

And I’m not talking about the Inspector. http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/02/historys-greate.html It’s an interesting line-up. The theory about the Ark of the Covenant being a primitive battery interested me, partly because of my faith, but also because of a slight fascination with examples of ancient technology that either matches or confounds our own.…

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and prayers. After a day of packing up our apartment and loading it into a big pod to be moved cross-country, then flying the pets out to Denver, and then going down to Texas to pick up my wife’s old Jeep, and then a 12-hour…

Up way late last night getting everything packed and ready. Today we’re trucking it all to a moving center, where they will send it out to Colorado for us, and then way early tomorrow morning we’re heading to the airport with the pets in tow. So there’s my explanation why…

We’d be in the future. This is a rundown of quite a few scientific brainchilds that you’ve probably seen in a science fiction novel somewhere, and while they are quite feasible, we just don’t have the moolah to get ’em done. http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/01/10-sci-fi-techs.html I’m dubious about the android army, since I…

If you haven’t had a chance to read Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, it’s one of those “children’s tales” that’s nicely spooky even for adults. A short book, too. And now they’re coming out with a…I think it’s all CGI, though some of it looks like claymation, maybe? Anyways, a Coraline film,…

You know you’re spending too much time watching a sci-fi or fantasy show, or reading a genre book when you start using the curse words the author has made up every time you stub your toe or someone cuts you off in traffic. Using geek-swear is also the perfect way…

Because we aren’t obsessed with food enough already:http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080223/FEATURES01/802230305 Because too many people have watched Raiders of the Lost Ark:http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1715337,00.html/ Because this woman has the closest thing to a super-power I’ve ever seen:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=517487&in_page_id=1770&ito=1490 I see that smile.  Subscribe in a reader